Re: [exim] configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

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Author: nb
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To: gary
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL
Hi,

Since you use a smarthost, the problem seems to be there, not on your server.
try a "netstat -na|grep LISTEN" or something like that on the smarthost to see on which ports it listens.

Regards

nb


> Le 13 mars 2015 à 21:19, Gary Dale <garydale@???> a écrit :
>
> I'm running a Debian Wheezy/64 server and am trying to get exim4 to send e-mail using an SSL connection. My current configuration works when I use their normal smtp port (which is 26, not 25) but fails when I use their smtp/SSL port (465).
>
> However Thunderbird is able to send e-mail from workstations to the same server using port 465 and have SSL/TLS identified as the connection security.
>
> My update-exim4.conf.conf file (which Debian uses to avoid dpkg-reconfigure exim4) is (replacing <remote host name> with the actual name). If dc_smarthost has the port set to 26, mail gets sent. However with it set to 465, it stays in the mailq.
>
> dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
> dc_other_hostnames=''
> dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1'
> dc_readhost='<remote host name>'
> dc_relay_domains=''
> dc_minimaldns='false'
> dc_relay_nets=''
> dc_smarthost='<remote host name>:465'
> CFILEMODE='644'
> dc_use_split_config='false'
> dc_hide_mailname='false'
> dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
> dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'
>
> Any ideas?
>
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